Dental Care for People with Dementia

Dental care, immensely important to a person’s overall health, becomes more and more challenging for caregivers as the patient’s dementia progresses.Learn effective techniques to handle challenging situations and provide the best dental care for a person with dementia, including but not limited to Alzheimer’s, Lewy Body or Frontotemporal Dementia.

Learn– about causes for common dental care issues and how to overcome them – why people with dementia are likely to react negatively to common oral care procedures– about changes in motor skills and sensation– about vision changes, such as binocular vision and inability to recognize objects– about verbal, visual, auditory, touch and tactile cues to improve cooperation– how to create a more calming environment through changes to lighting, temperature, and more– about techniques and tools to adapt oral care techniques to increase cooperation and improve dental care results